Ask HN: When to create a legal disclaimer for side project

Hi all,

I was just wondering how soon should someone create a legal disclaimer for their side-project while trying to validate an idea?

Is there a quick/easy way to perhaps generate a "standard" legal disclaimer that covers early usage until the project has progressed enough to warrant a proper legal notice form an attorney/lawyer?

Thanks

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mtmail 8y ago ↗

Wordpress has their pretty complex one under share-a-like license https://en.wordpress.com/tos/

There's many "terms of service generator" type websites. Some free, some charge per section (https://termsfeed.com/wizard/terms-service).

Personally I think we didn't have one for the first year, no user or paying customer minded or ask us about that. (not legal advise)

tsaprailis 8y ago ↗

Thanks for this!

jeffmould 8y ago ↗

IANAL, but I don't think there is a specific time to do this. On the other hand, if you have users I would err on the side of caution and at least put something simple up. A good resource for a privacy policy and terms of use is CooleyGo: